The simple math of the big bill
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32 min
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What It Covers
Planet Money analyzes Trump's massive tax and spending bill, examining $4.5 trillion in tax cuts, Medicaid reductions, and resulting $3 trillion debt increase.
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Congressional editor Kelsey Snell reveals Alaska's subsistence whaling tax break buried in the bill, secured by Senator Lisa Murkowski alongside food stamp exemptions.
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